An Aymara native woman sells notes during the Alasitas --'buy from me' in native language-- festival to honor the Ekeko, the Aymara God of Abundance, on January 24, 2012 in La Paz. During the yearly festivity, Bolivians buy miniatures...More

An Aymara native woman sells notes during the Alasitas --'buy from me' in native...An Aymara native woman sells notes during the Alasitas --'buy from me' in native language-- festival to honor the Ekeko, the Aymara God of Abundance, on January 24, 2012 in La Paz. During the yearly festivity, Bolivians buy miniatures of material things they want for the upcoming year and offer them to Ekeko, pinning them onto his poncho. AFP PHOTO/Jorge Bernal /LessMore